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10-11 Then the border circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Chesalon on the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh. Turning northwest again, the boundary line proceeded past the south of Timnah to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, where it bent to the left, passing south of Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. Turning again to the north, it passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

12 The western border was the shoreline of the Mediterranean.

13 The Land Given to Caleb: The Lord instructed Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb (son of Jephunneh), so he was given the city of Arba (also called Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s father.

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11 It went to the northern slope of Ekron,(A) turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah(B) and reached Jabneel.(C) The boundary ended at the sea.

12 The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.(D)

These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

13 In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb(E) son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba(F), that is, Hebron.(G) (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)(H)

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